And this split seems to fit to the categories of people whose wages and living conditions barely improved in the last 40 years, and those, who are better off now.
Yeah, but that's not the EU's fault, now is it? That's the fault of 40 years of Tory and Neo-Tory government.
Scotland seems to understand that, after drowning the Neo-Tories in their own excrement they massively voted pro-EU.
I was 24/7/365 on call. By your logic I could never attend a public event.
His logic is spot on. And if you don't like to sacrifice that much of your private life for your work, maybe you should negotiate a better deal with your employer? Or make sure that there is enough pressure that employers don't expect this kind of insane shit, by joining a union?
"Once more" clearly suggests that I do not base my opinion on the basis of one individual
Of course, illiterate peasants are necessary for the new Aristocracy to feel powerful, so I don't blame you for not being able to read, you poor gullible fool.
Since when is having a double standard something you need to call in the State for to arbitrate? Oh, of course, only when it's the 21st century Earls and Dukes that are the target.
Your mistake was that you replied to someone who doesn't feel like putting up with your attitude.
And yet you felt compelled to reply. The nice thing about fragile egos like yours is that their reaction to a minor insult is so bloody predictable.
Just as I am about 50% sure that this post will not get a reply from you, but an Anonymous Coward will show up to defend your precious honour.
Exactly what difference does it make if the widget ends up in the landfill 3 years from now, or 7 years or 10 years?
Do you have to work at being this stupid, or do you work for Apple PR?
If a widget has an expected lifetime of 3 years instead of 10, then including replacement widgets means that after 10 years you have 3 times as much waste.
Because not running a serious recycling plan and providing an incentive for customers to just throw away their iWaste is foisting of an externality on the customers. And the price for dealing with that externality eventually comes down on the entire public.
Of course, if you're fine with socialising externalities so that corporations can keep more of their profits, that will be just fine. Us sane people would rather see the corporations actually pay for those externalities.
You mentioned the government as the surveilling force twice and said nothing about corporations. Sorry that I took that to mean that you were singling out government; how could I have misread you so?
Secondly, if you're going for a semantic escape: didn't you notice that there are multiple comments in the entire discussion ranting about government and that I specifically used 'Slashdot posters' in the plural? Why do you think I was targeting you specifically and not using your post as a jumping-off point for a general observation?
Geez, Tim Berners-Lee specifically mentions big companies, and Slashdot posters ignore Facebook and Google and the like and start ranting about government.
This is why libertarianism fails: there is no such thing as a spherical market of uniform density. The players in the market are not acting in rational self-interest, but in a variety of irrational ways, and therefore expecting the Market to sort things out rationally is doomed to failure.
Parroting shows a complete lack of creativity. You posting it shows you don't recognise that. Thank you for proving the point: you're wearing the juice.
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Yeah, but that's not the EU's fault, now is it? That's the fault of 40 years of Tory and Neo-Tory government.
Scotland seems to understand that, after drowning the Neo-Tories in their own excrement they massively voted pro-EU.
Ah, the return of the company store.
Really, given the facts on display and a history of the 19th century only a few clicks away, why exactly does Uber still have defenders?
His logic is spot on. And if you don't like to sacrifice that much of your private life for your work, maybe you should negotiate a better deal with your employer? Or make sure that there is enough pressure that employers don't expect this kind of insane shit, by joining a union?
Well, it's a lot harder than being an Internet Tough Guy, I can tell you that.
"Once more" clearly suggests that I do not base my opinion on the basis of one individual
Of course, illiterate peasants are necessary for the new Aristocracy to feel powerful, so I don't blame you for not being able to read, you poor gullible fool.
Nah, when I see shibboleths like 'statism', I know I'm dealing with the terminally stupid, so I don't bother refuting anything they post.
Since when is having a double standard something you need to call in the State for to arbitrate? Oh, of course, only when it's the 21st century Earls and Dukes that are the target.
As I said in my first post, the gullible.
As I said, the gullible. QED.
No, what matters is that a Silicon Valley 'Libertarian' is using the full power of the State to shut up his critics.
Once more proving that Libertarianism is nothing more than an attempt to sell Aristocracy to the gullible.
Oh, aren't we a whiny little git.
You don't want people to say something about your utterances, keep your mouth shut in public.
Do you have to work at being this stupid, or do you work for Apple PR?
If a widget has an expected lifetime of 3 years instead of 10, then including replacement widgets means that after 10 years you have 3 times as much waste.
For fscks sake, this is grade school level maths.
Because not running a serious recycling plan and providing an incentive for customers to just throw away their iWaste is foisting of an externality on the customers. And the price for dealing with that externality eventually comes down on the entire public.
Of course, if you're fine with socialising externalities so that corporations can keep more of their profits, that will be just fine. Us sane people would rather see the corporations actually pay for those externalities.
You mentioned the government as the surveilling force twice and said nothing about corporations. Sorry that I took that to mean that you were singling out government; how could I have misread you so?
Secondly, if you're going for a semantic escape: didn't you notice that there are multiple comments in the entire discussion ranting about government and that I specifically used 'Slashdot posters' in the plural? Why do you think I was targeting you specifically and not using your post as a jumping-off point for a general observation?
TLDR: The lady doth protest too much.
This just in: fragile white males have reading problems.
Alli acknowledged that point, dufus.
Geez, Tim Berners-Lee specifically mentions big companies, and Slashdot posters ignore Facebook and Google and the like and start ranting about government.
This is my total lack of surprise.
Jacob Appelbaum has already shown himself to be a massive dick by launching smear campaigns against critics, so he starts out with one strike against his credibility.
Here's a cracker, Polly.
This is why libertarianism fails: there is no such thing as a spherical market of uniform density. The players in the market are not acting in rational self-interest, but in a variety of irrational ways, and therefore expecting the Market to sort things out rationally is doomed to failure.
Parroting shows a complete lack of creativity. You posting it shows you don't recognise that. Thank you for proving the point: you're wearing the juice.
Yup, prime example of Dunning-Kruger in action.
That reading is about as correct as your understanding of systemd, taking into account Dunning-Kruger.
Eh. Wrong checkbox. That post was mine, if it wasn't obvious.
Oh sweet summer child, you really believe that?
Because the alternative mechanism is better, IMO.